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Against All Enemies (Library of Contemporary Thought)

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I am a Gulf War veteran. I've met Sy Hersh. And the book is as accurate as possible under the circumstances.

Remember, the Pentagon lied to soldiers and veterans about chemical exposures involving 100,000 U.S. troops for five years, thus undermining confidence in the military leadership.

The Pentagon, as of the year 2000, is spending $30 million each year on public relations to make Gulf War illnesses go away. The Pentagon still refuses to release millions of classified documents, many with information about toxic exposures.

As of December 31, 1999, more than 136,000 Gulf War Veterans were on disability.

In 50 years, it will be too late for the next generation to ask: "what were you doing when the U.S. Gulf War veterans and the Iraqi children were dying?"

Sy Hersh dares to ask. Read the book.

This book helped me to understand what my brother had been trying to say...he was sick (a Gulf War Vet...now deceased). My family thanks Seymour Hersh and any others who expose the military for what they did (and didn't do) before, during, and after the Gulf War. The book made a lot more sense than the propaganda material the gov't. has sent our family concerning questions we've had. According to the military....everything (except for the stress) occurred in "insignificant levels to have caused any diseases". Tell that to my brother now... Good job Mr. Hersh!

A very well written, well researched and well documented book on Gulf War Syndrome. It concisely answers the "Who, What, When, Where and Why" questions that many of us are asking. In doing so, it lifts the lid on one more of America's dirty little secrets. Powerful and Amazing.

Seymour Hersh has once again exposed the maleficence of the U.S. Government against its citizens. Whether deliberate or out of ignorance, the leaders of the Persian Gulf War had a duty to inform the soldiers of potential hazardous areas in which they were exposed, as Seymour Hersh does. Just as veterans of Vietnam were subjected to the vitriolic substance of Agent Orange, the government once again is catagorically denying the existence of biological agents in the Persian Gulf. I also recommend Ramsey Clark's, The Fire This Time: U. S. War Crimes In The Gulf

After faithfully serving their Nation and it's Government, Gulf War Veterans came home to celebrate a victory in battle that seemed hardly to good to be true. It was too good to be true. Many began experiencing health problems with in a week or 2 of their arrival in the Gulf. Most thought it was the heat, the change in diet, the water. None dreamed that their own Government would knowingly experiment on them with drugs, "Not FDA approved for human consumption", as the fine print read on some of the medicines packaging. Nor would they believe that their own Government would lie to the rest of their nation and claim that chemical weapons were not present in the field of operations, or that no one had been exposed. The sad and sickening truth is even now still being dragged into the light of day. And yet, not one US government official has been punished, despite the proof, despite the lies to Congress. The Vet's came home to find a new enemy, that enemy is th! e very government they fought to protect. From the Veterans Administration to the Department of Defense, Gulf Veterans have been forced to fight them all in an attempt to gain care for their medical problems, that their Government would rather ignore. Against all Enemys and Gassed in the Gulf are must reads for every American, it's time to demand accountability from our Government.

Against All Enemies backs up growing evidence that GWS is real. A "special medical report" on Gulf War Illness appears on Health News Network and confirms the link between biological agents and Gulf War Syndrome. This author, as well as others, are truly on to something.

"The Gulf War veterans and their supporters in Congress have forced a resisting military and intimidated white house to acknowledge that the price of war - even in smashing triumph - is high. The lesson this book teaches is this: Today's high tech wars are too important and too dangerous to be left to the military or to the politicians. Neither will risk all to protect their soldiers. Those men and women who do the fighting want their say, too, and are learning how to get it". This book, by its glaring omission of criticism, upholds the Gulf War Massacre. This is not an anti-war book, it's a book calling upon the system to live up to its supposed "ideals". It seems as though the author has gotten defensive in the wake of his stinging book on the Kennedys [see Camelot Review-Ed.] and backed off on some of his indictment for the system. Hersh sees a government divided. He says that the CIA had knowledge that there were chemical weapons at Khamisyah and "failed to relay the information...that failure was a criminally negligent mistake, but it was not a cover-up." Apologizing for the government by saying the problem was confusion inside the American intelligence movement is absurd. He portrays the white house as "intimidating" saying "Bill Clinton was afraid to take on the Pentagon. It was up to Congress to do what the president would not. In many respects this is their victory"! The book has a strong `honor the vet' edge that leaves a nasty taste in our mouths. If you've had the privilege of reading the scathing expose, My Lai 4 , by this same author you would never believe it's the same guy. This book does do a good job, if you filter well through the politics, of outlining the major physiological issues regarding the Gulf War Illness. With that exception noted, we can only say this: Paper will put up with anything that is written on it.

The Gulf War veterans and their supporters in Congress have forced a resisting military and intimidated white house to acknowledge that the price of war-even in smashing triumph-is high. The lesson this book teaches is this: Today's high tech wars are too important and too dangerous to be left to the military or to the politicians. Neither will risk all to protect their soldiers. Those men and women who do the fighting want their say, too, and are learning how to get it". This book, by its glaring omission of criticism, upholds the Gulf War Massacre. This is not an anti-war book, it's a book calling upon the system to live up to its supposed "ideals". It seems as though the author has gotten defensive in the wake of his stinging book on the Kennedys [see Camelot Review-Ed.] and backed off on some of his indictment for the system. Hersh sees a government divided. He says that the CIA had knowledge that there were chemical weapons at Khamisyah and "failed to relay the information...that failure was a criminally negligent mistake, but it was not a cover-up." Apologizing for the government by saying the problem was confusion inside the American intelligence movement is absurd. He portrays the white house as "intimidating" saying "Bill Clinton was afraid to take on the Pentagon. It was up to Congress to do what the president would not. In many respects this is their victory"!

The book has a strong `honor the vet' edge that leaves a nasty taste in our mouths. If you've had the privilege of reading the scathing expose, My Lai 4 , by this same author you would never believe it's the same guy. This book does do a good job, if you filter well through the politics, of outlining the major physiological issues regarding the Gulf War Illness. With that exception noted, we can only say this: Paper will put up with anything that is written on it.